The McKinney-Vento Act and Children and Youth ... - State of Michigan

Massachusetts
• “Temporary, transitional, or
emergency living placements,”
including shelters, “hotline
homes,” “bridge” homes,
diagnostic placements, foster
homes used as short-term
placements
• “Stabilization, Assessment
and Rapid Reintegration/
Reunification (STARR)
Programs”
Department
of Education
Advisory 2004-9
and 2007-9A
(see, Legal Center
for Foster Care &
Education, www.
abanet.org/child/
education)
Anchorage, AK
• Specifically named emergency
foster care homes
• Emergency beds in specifically
named shelters
• Any home where the provider
receives the emergency foster
home reimbursement rate
• Any home that has received less
than 24 hours notice prior to
placement
• Any home where the intended
stay is less than 10 days
• A hospital or other institution
if release is being delayed due to
a lack of placement
Interagency
agreement
between
Anchorage School
District and office
of Children’s
Services
(see, Legal Center
for Foster Care &
Education, www.
abanet.org/child/
education)
Ann Arbor, MI
(Washtenaw
Intermediate School
District)
• Any temporary placement,
which includes the child’s initial
placement upon entering care
as well as other situations on a
case-by-case basis.
• To serve other children
in out-of-home care, the
district adopted a policy to
provide McKinney-Vento-like
protections to all youth age 14-
21 in out-of-home care
Informal
Guidance
from the State
Department of
Education;
Washtenaw
Superintendents’
Association Policy
Guidelines
(see, Legal Center
for Foster Care &
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